Cytology sample cellularity

Please see the videos of the slide with the naked eye and under the microskope! Magnification makes the difference 😊

Here are some tips how you can assess if your aspirate is cellular and can be sent for further evaluation.

• When expelling the material on the slide from the syrringe – it may come out in variably sized droplets. While expelling the material you should aim at the center of the slide – so you have enough space to spread the droplets out. Droplets  may be too thick to evaluate!
• If you have time it is always helpful to stain one slide in the clinic – you can evaluate the cellularity and later compare your diagnosis with that of the pathologist
• If you are short of time – you can spot the material on the slide by slowly changing the angle of view.. but this method can give you surprises…
• VetCyto does not have limits on the number of slides per case – we will evaluate all the submitted slides!